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Target Audience

Any staff who might be required to evacuate mobility impaired people from a building.

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Course Information

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• The correct strategies for assisting people to leave a building in an emergency will be discussed and practised

• Dealing with unpredictable events will be covered

• Depending on requirements, there will be an opportunity to practise use of an evacuation chair down a flight of stairs

• Depending on requirements, methods of evacuating an immobile person from a bed and out to a muster station will be practised

• Wheelchair pushing will be practised, emphasising person centred strategies.

• Relevant legal issues will be discussed, including the need for Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans

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Cancellation Policy

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• More than three weeks’ notice: No charge

• Two to three weeks’ notice: 75% charge

• Less than two weeks’ notice: Full price

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In all cases, should Herts Handling Training be able to redeploy the trainer, there will be no charge